The IRU vs. USFS & FHWA lawsuit is underway. Via this case IRU aims to show that the USFS, which has publicly opposed megaloads on U.S.12 but abdicated its "authority" to do so, does have authority to stop them, as per the United States' Wild & Scenic Rivers Act.

This case is hugely significant. Should IRU lose, the Wild & Scenic Act will likely be weakened with nationwide effects; should IRU win, the Act will be strenthened with nationwide effects. You can help by making a donation to Idaho Rivers United

Support Advocates for the West

Advocates for the West lawyers Laird Lucas and Natalie Havlina represented megaload opponents in a summer of 2010 District Court case, which they won on the merits. Lucas and Havlina then defended the decision when Imperial/Exxon appealed to the Idaho Supreme Court, successfully petitioned for and carried out an ITD contested case hearing for both the ConocoPhillips' megaload permits and the Imperial/Exxon megaload permits, and today are representing IRU in the above lawsuit. In other words, Advocates has devoted many months to stopping the transformation of the Lochsa-Clearwater Wild & Scenic River corridor into Big Oil's industrial truck route to the tar sands. Advocates action on behalf of megaload opponents has been crucial to our detering Imperila/Exxon from using U.S.Highway 12 for its mega-shipments. Advocates for the West deserves everyone's generous support: Advocates for the West

Write ITD

Should you have an unnerving, unsafe or confusing experience on U.S.12 or U.S.95 involving a megaload convoy or its traffic management personnel, please type the details of that experience into an email and send it to Idaho Transportation Department Director Brian Ness: [email protected]

No, you're not imagining things — that is a log truck dwarfed on the right. Although this load does not show the equipment Imperial Oil/ExxonMobil Canada plans to ship via U.S. 12 in 2010-'11, its size is comparable.